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ANNUAL llEGlSTlill, 1816. 



but (hey not h^Auig taken it to 

 so ijix'iit an extent, arc eonbulcrcd 

 out of dungci'. It i^ hoped that 

 this will ticrve as a caution to 

 sciviints, not to endanger their 

 masters' property ijy giving horses 

 a medicine ol" such a poisonous 

 nature. 



7. Caledonian Mercurij. — "On 

 Wednesday night, about eight 

 o'clock, in consequence of con- 

 siderable shipments of grain, 

 and a sudden rise in the prici^ 

 of meal, a mob, to the number 

 of about '200U persons, asscm 

 bled in the streets of Dundee and 

 proceeded in a liotous manner 

 to attack every liouse which con- 

 tained articles of food, llaiing 

 plundered upwards of 100 sliop:> 

 of various descriptions, they pro- 

 ceeded to the house of IMr. Lind- 

 say, an extensive corn-dealer, 

 and after stripping it of every 

 thing valuable, set it on lire. Jt 

 appears, howe\er, that tliis daiing 

 and outrageous act ^vas not com- 

 mitted \vithout some degree of 

 remorse, as the liousc was twice 

 set on lire and as often extinguish- 

 ed by tlieir own liauds. For a 

 considerable time (he sticcts pre- 

 sented nothing but a lawless and 

 disordcily mob of pcojjle running 

 in all directions, with cljeeses, 

 sugar, hams, ii.c. ; of com sc, the 

 grocers must have sufl'ered con- 

 siderably." 



6. Dundee Cowrier.— "The Ma- 

 gistrates called a meeting of the 

 inhabiUmts at eleven o'clock yes- 

 terday forenoon, which was nu- 

 merously and respectably attend- 

 ed. The object of the meeting 

 was, of course, to provide against 

 the recurrence of such disgraceful 

 scenes in future. The town was 

 divided into eleven districts, and a 



great number <jf individuals were 

 appointed to j)rotect the peaceable 

 inhabitants : so tliat there is now, 

 while this system is acted upon, 

 no danger of any disturbance. 

 The meal-market was re-oponed, 

 and quantities of meal were cai- 

 ried there and sold." 



A wire bridge for foot passen- 

 gers, after the model of those 

 constructed in America, which 

 are so serviceable in crossing* ra- 

 ^ine3, small lakes, &c. in that 

 country, has just been erected 

 across tlic Gala at Galashiels, 

 Is. B. and is found to answer tlic 

 purpose e.\.trtmely well, and to 

 every ap|)earance may last for a 

 number of j cars at little or no ex- 

 pense. The span, which is 111 

 feet, and the breadtli three feet, 

 makes it very neat and light in 

 appearance, thougli, with safety, 

 '20 or 30 people may be upon it 

 at a time. The whole expense of 

 this useful little bridge is only 

 •^Ol. 



10. A large mass of the bones 

 of that extraordinary, but now 

 extinct, animal which has re- 

 ceived the name of the mammoth, 

 as well as of other quadrupeds^ 

 has been discovered at Cronstadt, 

 in \Vurtembcrg. When the late 

 King of \\'urteniberg was inform- 

 ed that the teeth of the mammoth 

 and elephant, found at Cronstadt, 

 merited the attention of natural- 

 ists, he gave orders for the most 

 accurate researches. They at first 

 found a greatquantity of the teeth 

 of mammoths, elephants, rhino- 

 ceroses, horses, and stags ; and 

 on the second day they discovered 

 a great mass of these teeth, which 

 were justly an object of general 

 astonishment. Thirteen were 

 twisted together, like enormous 



serpents, 



